Antwerp Arms, Tottenhamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
i have drank and also at times worked in this pub and i can quite honestly say that i no every person man woman and child that step through its doors. i have read the comments posted from other people on this forum and i can serously recomend this public house the staff and regulars are all house trained and there is absolutly no NF element or connections what so ever. this is a good honest local pub where good honest people who live nearby go after a hard days work all are welcome regardless if your a local or not
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I always heard this was an NF pub when I was little. Been in there a few times in the last few years. Everyone seemed very cool to me every time I've been there. Clean glasses.
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Does anyone every remember the dog called Smokey that the old owners had. It would be great to hear from you. We're going back 25 years now.
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Hello anon, thought I'd just mention that at least 3 of the bar staff are black so I don't think you'll get ethnic group-themed hostility from them, and indeed the big plus (apart from the nice location) about this place is the friendly and efficient service. This used to be my regular before and after Spurs matches - getting served straight away, even from 3 rows back, is always welcome.
However, the back room used to be a great place to sit and watch an earlier match etc. but the TV there has been broken for I think around 2 years and they put a big pool table in, so now there's only 3 tables there to sit at, all crammed together, one of them next to the gents which usually stinks. They even took down the pictures of the Spurs players!
I'm not so qualified to comment on non-match days, but when the Spurs fans leave you realise some of the regulars are quite burberrytastic and boasting about some random acts of violence - although I may be exaggerating a bit there... basically it used to be a really nice place, not so sure now.
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Just moved to the area....heard some rather scarey stories about this pub....at the risk of being offensive, i was told that its not particularly friendly to the...lets say...."ethnic groups"?....and also heard thats its the kind of "if we dont know you, we dont like you" kind of place?..... This alone has made me very wary of going there....can anyone PLEASE reassure me that this isnt true?..... its only 5 mins away from me, so would love it to be my new local!
anonymous - 19 Feb 2007 19:05 |
Good pub - hard to come by in Tottenham. Sometimes sells London Pride, though this seems to be seen less often recently. Nice little beer garden and very handy for the beautiful Bruce Castle Park opposite. Better than most pubs near the Spurs ground, and full of small portraits of Spurs stars. Popular with White Van Man!
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Brilliant, proper pub.
No frills, no gimics. Ideal as a meeting point before and after a Spurs game.
Pride and Guinness are note worthy, as are the fresh rolls/sandwiches on matchdays.
Definitely worth a short trip.
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Do you remember when pubs used to be pubs? Not theme pubs or modern looking places selling alcopops for tuppence or, heaven forbid, Gastro pubs. No, actual pubs where locals went to drink in dimly lit rooms with sticky carpets and worn out velour seating. Beer was the order of the day and as long as the pint was good and the price wasn't too dear then the punters were happy. No big screens, Video Games, Video Jukeboxes or underage drinkers, just ordinary everday folk having a pint and maybe watching a little telly.
The Antwerp Arms remebers this well and still lives that dream. It's like stepping into a time warp but a pleasant one. Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1979! Well worth a visit and not even that bad on a Spurs matchday if you get in early enough. London Pride and Guinness were both excellent.
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Overlooks Bruce Castle Park.
Very much a 'local' - but
taken over by Spurs supps. on
home match days (about 300 metres
from 'White Hart Lane' football
ground
Tel No. 0208 880 9495
Alan - 10 Apr 2004 08:24 |
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